--- title: Ezekiel 33:12 (JPS 1917) — And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people: The right… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not stumble thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteou --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.860/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Ezekiel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/) / [chapter 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK/33/) / [33:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.33.12/) / JPS 1 # Ezekiel 33:12 · JPS 1917 And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not stumble thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth. **Who acts:** thou, righteousness, man · **What happens:** say, not deliver, not stumble, turn, be, live · **To what, where:** man, day, wickedness · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Ezekiel 33:12 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thou, righteousness, man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:EZK:860 # text = And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not stumble thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 16 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 righteous righteous NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 transgression transgression NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 33 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 36 case _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 wickedness wickedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wicked wicked NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 stumble stumble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 45 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 turneth turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 52 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 wickedness wickedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 56 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 63 cc _ _ 57 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 59 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 61 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 acl:relcl _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 cop _ _ 63 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 66 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 70 that that ADV WRB PronType=Rel 72 obl _ _ 71 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 sinneth sin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 acl:relcl _ _ 73 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | thou | | | | | unto the children of thy people | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **deliver** | shall | the righteousness of the righteous | man | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **not** **stumble** | shall | righteousness | | | | day | as the wickedness of the wicked; thereby *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **turn** | present | righteousness | the day *not said here* | | man's wickedness | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent day=Theme from wickedness=Trajectory | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | righteous *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | shall | righteousness | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **live** | to-infinitive | righteousness *not said here* | | | | day | thereby *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sin** | present | righteousness | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **transgress** | | man | | | | | | nom transgression «act intransitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֗ם אֱמֹ֤ר אֶל־בְּנֵֽי־עַמְּךָ֙ צִדְקַ֣ת הַצַּדִּ֗יק לֹ֤א תַצִּילֶ֙נּוּ֙ בְּי֣וֹם פִּשְׁע֔וֹ וְרִשְׁעַ֤ת הָֽרָשָׁע֙ לֹֽא־יִכָּ֣שֶׁל בָּ֔הּ בְּי֖וֹם שׁוּב֣וֹ מֵֽרִשְׁע֑וֹ וְצַדִּ֗יק לֹ֥א יוּכַ֛ל לִֽחְי֥וֹת בָּ֖הּ בְּי֥וֹם חֲטֹאתֽוֹ׃ [Ezekiel 33:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.33.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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